{"abstract":"Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section 12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of the Act. The requested order would permit (a) series of certain open-end management investment companies that track the performance of an index provided by an affiliated person (``Funds'') to issue shares redeemable in large aggregations only (``Creation Units''); (b) secondary market transactions in Fund shares to occur at negotiated market prices rather than at net asset value (``NAV''); (c) certain Funds to pay redemption proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days after the tender of shares for redemption; (d) certain affiliated persons of a Fund to deposit securities into, and receive securities from, the Fund in connection with the purchase and redemption of Creation Units; and (e) certain registered management investment companies and unit investment trusts outside of the same group of investment companies as the Funds (``Funds of Funds'') to acquire shares of the Funds.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466.json","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/08/30/2016-20739.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"81 FR 59710","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The application was filed on July 22, 2016.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Investment Company Act Release No. 32235","812-14678"],"document_number":"2016-20739","effective_on":null,"end_page":59711,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/08/30/2016-20739.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/30/2016-20739/ishares-trust-et-al-notice-of-application","images":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-20739.json","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-08-30/2016-20739/mods.xml","page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":11,"last_updated":"2019-01-21 16:15:13 -0500"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-08-30/pdf/2016-20739.pdf","proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-20739.pdf?1472474746","publication_date":"2016-08-30","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/08/30/2016-20739.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":"2016-08-24","start_page":59710,"subtype":null,"title":"iShares Trust, et al.; Notice of Application","toc_doc":"iShares Trust, et al.","toc_subject":"Applications:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":81}